I found out earlier today that Pat Patterson is in a critical condition in hospital after having emergency surgery to remove a cyst close to his heart.
If you recall - I sort of met the WWE agent in April of this year when I went to the hotel in Cardiff Bay to meet them. I stopped a bus for him when he was attempting to catch it.
Patterson is one of the greatest minds of the business. He was the first man to devise the Royal Rumble match and is one of the most accomplished match bookers in the business.
It must also be noted that Pat was the first ever WWE Intercontinental Champion. Those clued in on the wrestling business will know that the story of him winning the belt in a tournament in Rio De Janeiro is completely fabricated as no such event took place.
Instead of holding a real tournament, the company gave him the title and as this was in the late seventies; with no immediate news coverage the company got away with it. Only a few people in the know realised that the fact the belt was won in Rio was an inside joke as Patterson is openly homosexual and that city is regarded as one of the gay capitals of the world.
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